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Los Angeles Police Department investigators take measurements of skid marks at the scene where two pedestrians were killed when the driver of a Ford Mustang lost control while street racing and plowed into a crowd of spectators in Chatsworth. The driver fled on foot.

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sturgeon Bay breaks ice in the shipping channel on the Hudson River in Catskill, N.Y. With the prolonged cold winter weather, the Coast Guard has been busy clearing shipping lanes.

Workers use heavy equipment to remove snow from a road in the Safidcher district of the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan. Rescue teams were searching for victims of a series of avalanches that have killed scores of people in northeastern Afghanistan.

A Palestinian child stands next to a mural of a kitten, said to have been painted by British street artist Banksy, on the remains of a house that was destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun.

Winter, an 11-week-old French bulldog, was on show at the American Kennel Club's announcement that the breed is in the top 10 favored breeds in America. The French bulldog is the most popular breed in the city of Los Angeles.

An undated image from a video released by Islamic State militants purports to show the militant who beheaded Alan Henning. Mohammed Emwazi has been identified by news organizations as the masked militant more commonly known as "Jihadi John."

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, center, joins members of the audience in applauding at an open hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. The FCC opened the door for two community broadband providers to expand service, preempting state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Emergency personnel respond to a multivehicle pileup on Interstate 95 near Bangor, Maine. State police spokesman Steve McCausland says the pileup in Etna happened in heavy snow and involved many cars, a school bus and a tractor trailer.

A boy plays with a toy tank as he sits with his family in a bomb shelter after their house was destroyed in the village of Myronivske, controlled by Ukrainian forces. Ukraine's military said it was starting the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a stuttering peace plan as the United States and Russia traded barbs over the conflict.

A Russia-backed separatist uses a cable to climb inside the airport while supervising Ukrainian prisoners of war removing bodies of Ukrainian servicemen from the rubble of the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

Filipino soldiers and police link arms as they march toward the People Power monument during the 29th anniversary of the fall of President Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, in Quezon, east of Manila. The revolution was a bloodless uprising that ousted the late dictator in 1986.

A firefighter hoses down hot spots after a Metrolink train crashed into a produce truck in Oxnard early Tuesday. The crash, which occurred at the Rice Avenue crossing, derailed three of the passenger train's cars and injured at least 28 people.

Hugh waves lash against a lighthouse in Santander, in the northern province of Cantabria, Spain, on Tuesday. The State Meteorological Agency issued a red alert level on the northern coast of the country due to a spell of rough weather, including wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour.

Revelers in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece, take a break as they celebrate Clean Monday with a flour fight to mark the end of the Carnival season. Clean Monday is the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday. Although Clean Monday ceremonies abound across Greece, the most common involving kite-flying, Galaxidi's flour fight is unique, and is thought to have been influenced by similar goings-on in Sicily in the 19th century.

Indian farmers raise their hands in support as they listen to a speaker during a protest against the government's proposed move to ease rules for acquiring land to facilitate infrastructure projects in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday.

Firefighters walk past refracted light and a building covered in ice created by their water canons as they battle a blaze on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The fire started in a building housing retail shops. No injuries were reported.

A Fassmer-Shipyard worker walks past the bow area of the newly constructed coastal tourism vessel Helgoland in Berne, Germany, on Tuesday. The ship, which runs on natural gas, is expected to link Cuxhaven city on the German mainland and Helgoland island off the German coast. Helgoland has for decades asked for a reliable round-the-year connection to the mainland with a modern ship.

Somalis run from an explosion during a fire that engulfed a fuel market, causing extensive property damage but no loss of life in the Hodan district of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday. Mogadishu has a fire brigade but few firefighting vehicles in the city that is still recovering from decades of war.

A member of a Ukrainian military medical unit cries for his four comrades killed near Debaltseve during a ceremony in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, on Monday. Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line, blaming continuing attacks from separatist rebels.

Bangladeshi rescue workers attempt to lift the wreckage of a ferry that capsized in the Padma River in Manikganj district, about 25 miles northwest of Dhaka on Monday. As many as 140 passengers were thought to be on the river ferry when it capsized Sunday afternoon after being hit by a cargo vessel in central Bangladesh. More than 50 were killed in the latest shipping mishap in the South Asian nation.

Chinese blacksmiths work a furnace as they prepare to throw molten metal against a cold stone wall to create sparks in Nuanquan, Hebei Province, on Monday in China. The throwing of ladles of molten iron against brick walls creates a shower of sparks that looks like fireworks. It has been a tradition in Nuanquan Town for over 300 years.

The Week in Pictures | Feb. 23-28, 2015

This week, the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown was on display at the 87th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Washington. D.C.: The FCC opens the door for two community broadband providers to expand service, preempting state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina that prevented these and similar broadband providers in the two states from meeting local demand for broadband service.

New York; 11-week-old bulldog Winter was on show at the American Kennel Club announcement of the top 10 favored breeds in America.

Oxnard: A Metrolink train derails after slamming into a truck. At least 28 people were injured, four of them critically.

Chatsworth: Los Angeles Police Department investigators measure skid marks at the scene where two pedestrians were killed when the driver of a Ford Mustang lost control while street racing and plowed into a crowd of onlookers.

Los Angeles: Thousands of teachers belonging to the United Teachers of Los Angeles union rally in Grand Park in downtown L.A. to press for contract demands.

Inglewood: The Inglewood City Council meets to discuss a measure that would allow developers to add an NFL stadium to an existing plan to develop property around old Hollywood Park.

Galaxidi, Greece: Revelers take a break as they celebrate Clean Monday with a flour fight to mark the end of the Carnival season. Clean Monday is the beginning of the 40-day Christian Lent fast that ends on Easter Sunday. Although Clean Monday ceremonies abound across Greece, the most common involving kite-flying, Galaxidi’s flour fight is unique and is thought to have been influenced by similar goings-on in Sicily in the 19th century.

Catskill, N.Y.: The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sturgeon Bay breaks ice in the shipping channel on the Hudson River.

Madrid, Spain: Students shout slogans as they march during the second day of a strike protesting changes in the system of university degrees.

Basel, Switzerland: Musicians march during the carnival parade in Basel. The traditional Basel carnival starts the Monday after Ash Wednesday.

And there’s more.

Add stops in Israel, Afghanistan, Brazil, Ukraine, Italy and China to round out the report.